A Fight's Repercussion

The boy takes a long drag from his cigarette as he squats in front of the alleyway.
“Oi Toro, you sure this isn’t a trap? I mean you said you don’t know who left that letter of challenge right?”
A rough looking guy in a matching school uniform asks him. With a puff Toro looks over at his accomplice.
“Eh? Are you backing out already? Tch, go home and die for all I care.”
Toro spits before taking another puff of his cigarette.
“O-Oi Toro it’s not like that! It’s just...you know...is this the smartest th-”
Toro grabs the insubordinate lackey’s collar with a sneer, his cigarette still sticking on his tongue.
“You aren’t even the one fighting are ya?! And you're still shitting yourself! You’re just here to pick me up and take me to the hospital if they send twenty guys or some cheap shit!”
Toro lets go of the guy with the crew cut, who falls on his ass afterwards.
“Ugh. What’s taking those bastards so long?”
Toro reaches into his back pocket for the letter from this morning, he's already read it a few times. Some poor kid was beaten black and blue to deliver it and ran away after Toro took it. He unfolds the paper.
“You think you’re the toughest guy here huh?! You’re just a spineless shit who couldn’t beat a girl. Eat shit and die faggot. Meet me in the alley between Joe’s Barber and the record store if you want to die.”
“This guy has terrible handwriting even worse than my own.” Toro thought to himself, “And why the hell am I waiting for him!? I was supposed to meet him here and I came late! The bastard challenged "me"!” Toro squeezes tightly on the paper as veins pop out of his neck. The guy beside him gets back up and squats next to Toro.
“Man it’s been half an hour, are you sure they didn’t punk you?”
He sighs. Toro flicks his cigarette in the guy’s face beside him.
“You know you’re gettin’ awfully chummy with me and it’s starting to piss me off you know?”
The other guy pats his face and glares back at Toro.
“Eh?! What’s that face for fucker? You got somethin’ to say?”
Toro stands up and pulls the guy up by his crewcut.
“H-hey cut it out man-”
“Oi idiots! You’re here to fight me not each other, right?”
Toro lets go of the delinquent and shoves him away before looking over towards the sound of the voice.
“Huh? Does she go to our school?”
Toro asks confused as he points at the girl in front of him.
She’s standing tall and in an intimidating manner, causing passing pedestrians to have to walk out into the street to get around her. Her large, green scaled, and clawed feet are seen under her long school skirt, her sizeable chest is wrapped tightly behind bandages. Her pale skin shows on her belly and arms about halfway down until they meet more green scales. As if her clawed hands weren't dangerous looking enough, they're holding a wooden sword to boot. Her face is covered by a facemask with victory written on it. She has long, brown hair flowing behind her as strands of brown bangs threaten to hide her fierce, warrior-like lizard eyes.
The guy’s running his hand through his disheveled hair as he answers Toro.
“Yeah, she’s a year older than us.”
“Oh... Well go away girl, you write a terrible love letter and I’m not interested.”
Toro crumples up the paper and tosses it before putting his hands in his pockets and turning his back on her.
“Man what a waste of fuckin time. Oi give me a cigarette.”
“Eh?! You aren’t going to wimp out on this Toro!”
She yells as she takes another step. Toro lets his head roll loosely to look over his shoulder, his face taunting her.
“Why the fuck do people think they can just address me by my first name?!”
He turns around and takes his blazer off, draping it over the other delinquent’s head. His body is covered in scars and fading bruises.
“Don’t think I’ll take it easy on you because you’re a girl. You did bring a sword after all.”
He sneers as he puts his fists up.
She laughs confidently and charges at him with the sword. Wildly, she takes a wide swing that causes the other delinquent to jump out of the way and comes right for Toro’s side. Toro throws himself backwards but the edge of the wooden sword scratches his stomach lightly.
“You’re gunna give me splinters like that! Come on give me something strong huh!?”
He taunts her further into the alley as she swings over head downwards towards him. She’s extremely fast and even though Toro is trying to dodge, he is hit multiple times in the head. A small bit of blood drips from his punch perm down his forehead and cheek.
“Gunna need more than that to take me down badass-chan!”
He sneers as he stops and sticks out his tongue.
“Throw a punch you bastard!”
She yells before letting out a tremendous downward strike.
Toro grins as he grabs the silver trash-lid off of the can beside him and blocks it, then shoves the sword to his left sending her off balance. He throws his arm into her side and tackles her onto the ground. With his weight, he presses his arm into her neck and wrestles the sword from her hand. He manages to get it but to his surprise he’s launched forwards from a strong blow to his back.
He coughs dryly as he stands back up. “That knocked the wind out of me big time.” Toro winces.
He sees her getting up using her strong tail to help lift her.
“Gotta watch out for that.”
Toro tosses the sword a good distance behind him.
“Tch, I don’t need my sword to beat a human.”
She clenches her claws before sprinting to Toro.
Toro yells as he runs to meet her, but before they clash Toru jumps and dropkicks her in the chest.
“Ha! That never works! Lucky!”
Toro laughs to himself as he flips the lizardgirl onto her back and wrestles her tail into submission.
“Say mercy!” He says as he pins her down on the ground.
“Never!”
She yells as she flails under his oppressive knee. He squeezes tightly around the tail.
“Give up before I have to bust up your pretty face eh?! I wont go easy on you from here on you know?”
She suddenly calms herself and sighs.
“You were just playing with me? Going easy?”
She mumbles into the dirt.
“Tch, you think I’d really go all in on a chick? What are you, retarded? I’d lose all my cred in one fight, fuck that.”
She nods.
“I guess I really don’t have a chance. I give up.”
Toro lets go and gets off her before wiping his blood of his face. He looks down to the girl who’s rubbing her eyes and laying back on her elbow.
“O-Oi.”
Toro scratches his head.
“You were still tough as hell though. You could probably beat most of the guys at our school without much effort.”
She looks up at him with pink cheeks.
“I-I know that idiot! I already have! You’re the only one that’s left!”
Toro scratches his chin.
“Oh I heard there was a girl going around beating all the guys, but I figured it was just a joke since nobody ever admits to it.”
He sighs and offers her a hand up. She bows her head and reaches her scaled hand towards his. He lifts her up and he pats the dust off her shoulder.
“What’s your name lady?”
Toro asks.
“Gwen.”
She mumbles.
“Well Gwen I”ll tell you what I tell everyone else.”
She looks at him as he gets her attention. He delivers a chop to her forehead.
“Don’t fuck with me if you want to keep all your teeth.”
Toro turns on his heel and walks out of the alley with his hands tucked into his pockets.

“Toro. Oi Toro! Toro wake up!”
Toro begrudgingly opens his eyes to see the pompadour in front of him. He grabs him by his blazer and pulls him in.
“Why do you all think it’s alright to call me by my first name bastards!?”
He shoves the kid and lays his head back down.
“Hey seriously Toro there’s a chick here to see you.”
Toro opens his eyes, annoyed.
“So?”
The delinquent shifts uncomfortably under his glare.
“Ugh...”
Toro slams his hand on the table and gets up. He flinches as he sees the girl in the doorway.
“Jesus what could she want...”
Toro saunters up to the door.
“Gwen right? Please tell me you aren’t here for a rematch.”
He runs his hand down his face. The girl’s not wearing her face mask this time around, but is still brandishing her sword from the last time Toro saw her.
“I’m not.”
She denies, not at all aggravated she lost despite how Toro thought she'd be.
“Guess I thought you’d be more pissed is all. Alright, then what do you want? Got into another fight with someone stronger and need my help? I’ll have you know I’m not cheap.”
She shakes her head again then puts her wooden sword on display after bowing at her waist.
Toro rears back in confusion.
“O-Oi what are you some kind of knight now? You’re weirding me out.”
“You ran off before I could offer myself to you.”
She says in all seriousness without batting an eye.
Toro scratches the back of his head with a hand put back in his pocket.
“Uh...thanks toots but I think I’m alright.”
He squeezes by her out into the hallway.
“W-wait!”
She chases him as he walks down the the hall.
“What is it now?”
He sighs as he continues walking.
“You have to be my husband!”
Toro winces at that and pushes her gently a few feet away with his hand.
“The fuck are you on about psycho? I don’t even know you. I didn’t hit you that hard for fuck’s sake.”
“You must!”
She keeps squeezing into his side, and each time he gently pushes her a few feet away. When this keeps up to the school gate Toro finally breaks down.
“Come on lady why’s it gotta be me!? Out of every fucker here you could just decide to marry out of nowhere why not choose some asshat rich boy?”
“Because I chose you?”
She says in a serious tone answering like that was the dumbest question she ever heard. Toro kicks the dirt a couple times.
“Yeah, well listen, it doesn’t matter if you chose me you hear? Unfortunately for the both of us I got a girlfriend to make my life a living hell.”
She cocks her head and sniffs around him.
He takes a step back.
“Hey what are you doing?”
“Your mana doesn’t smell like you’re married. Are you sure you love each other?”
She looks at him skeptically.
“Eh?!”
Toro grabs her school jacket and yanks her to his face.
“You’re just trying to step in shit aren’t you lady? It don’t fuckin matter alright? I’m taken, end of story. Get that through your head godzilla.”
He lets go and mutters some obscenities under his breath as he walks down the road.

“Are you sure you love eachother? Tch what an idiot.”
Toro grumbles to himself as he makes a nuisance of himself walking down the sidewalk.
“Mana? What the fuck is she even on about? Why do I always get the crazies? Sure she’s kinda cute for a lizard girl and all, but so’s my current girlfriend and she’s a total ass, why would Gwen be any different?”
Toro bumps people out of his way as he stomps his way home.
He's taking a different route today, deciding to grab some stuff from the convenience store which leads to him seeing something he shouldn’t have.
Toro starts forcefully shoving pedestrians out of the way as he makes his way to a couple, a familiar girl wrapped around a ducktail’s arm.
“Oi yanki-kun, how much did you pay for the whore? I’ll tell ya she’s not worth a single fuckin’ yen.” Toro’s scene is causing a crowd to form around them, passerby’s continue around it and try to ignore it, some people have stopped to watch forming a ring of people.
“T-Toro-”
“Shut up whore I ain’t talking to you am I?”
Toro spits on the ground without even looking her direction. The punk takes his arm back from the woman and takes a step towards Toro. “I’m with a woman right now so I’ll let all this slide if you just walk away. It’ll be easier for you, trust me.”
Toro laughs maliciously as he slowly takes off his blazer. The punk’s eyes widen and he falters a bit as he sees all the scars on Toro’s body.
“With a woman huh? Don’t worry, I got a nice white room filled with pretty girls in nurse uniforms waitin’ for ya.”
Toro cracks his neck and gets in the other delinquent’s face. Shivering and unsure what to do, Toro’s enemy chooses fight over flight and swings at Toro’s jaw. The hit connects as Toro's face is shoved to the left, his gaze slowly turning back to the delinquent.
Toro spits as he rubs his jaw.
“I hope you’re not holding back.”
He smiles before slamming his fist into the face of the other kid in a school uniform. The guy’s holding his face as blood gushes between his finger tips.
“Come on champ, you’re up.”
Toro leans forward and slaps his cheek twice, pointing where the punk should hit.
“Hey Toro that’s enou-!”
“Go the fuck home! Why are you here!? AND WHY DOES EVERY NOBODY THINK THEY CAN ADDRESS ME BY MY FIRST NAME!?”
Toro shouts back at the person who’s seen as just another piece of trash on the street.
She realizes what that means and runs off before his anger gets to be too much.
When Toro returns his attention to the duel in front of him he sees his opponent had ran off.
“Fuck! What are you assholes looking at?! Eh?! I’m still up for a fight assholes! Anyone interested?!”
Toro shouts at the crowd before they all disperse and carry on as usual.
“Godamnit!”
Toro spits curses as he skips the convenience store and goes right home.

Toro is leaning his chair back with his feet on the desk as he normally does, however the class can feel the aura from him today and are keeping their distance and voices down.
The lunch bell rings but he doesn’t move, everyone decides to put a radius of 6 empty seats from him if they’re eating in the classroom.
“Eh?! No way! I’m not going to go piss him off even more, he’ll kill me!”
Toro’s ears pick up some whispers from the doorway and he groans.
“Why don’t you go do it?-OW! Alright fine! Shit!”
Some footsteps followed by the sound of a man collapsing brings Toro’s attention to the man on all fours with his head down beside him.
“Imai-sama! Forgive me, but there’s someone here to see you!”
Toro stares at him for a moment silently before looking in the doorway to see Gwen. He looks at her blankly before turning his head to look out the window.
This time a series of heavier steps with a short rapt of claws come up beside him. Toro sighs annoyed.
“Yes me completely ignoring you definitely meant come talk to me.”
The classmate runs while he can as she pulls a seat beside Toro.
“Please sit down, make yourself at home.”
Toro spits out the window. The entire classroom shifts to give him a 7 empty seat radius around him.
“Toro are-”
He groans.
“Not even a fucking honorific. I guess it’s my fault that whore cheated on me, nobody respects me.”
Gwen cocks her head in confusion. Toro turns his head and looks at Gwen, her face isn’t covered but she’s still wearing her long skirt, coat and sarashi around her chest.
“Alright Gwen what do you want?”
He says surrendering with a disgusted groan.
“Well...Are you ok?”
She asks in a worried tone, her face seeming more submissive and caring than normal.
“H-Huh?”
Her cute, worried face caught him off guard so he turns his attention to the front of the room.
“Yeah...I’m fine I guess.”
He mumbles out. Gwen wraps her clawed hand around his shoulder.
“You seem really tense. Did someone make you angry?”
Bingo, Toro shrugs her hand off his shoulder.
“Yeah, and I’m in a bad mood so I suggest you scram alright?”
“Who?”
She says in a low voice. Toro turns to see a snarling lizard with claws tightened around her wooden sword. He cocks his brow, “What is this girl’s problem?”
“It doesn’t matter-”
“If they dishonored my husband I’ll beat them myself!”
She stands tall and displays her sword, her tail flailing and almost hitting passing classmates.
“Husband? Fuck, are you still on that?”
Toro rubs his face with his hand as he groans in submission to the overzealous girl.
“Well when you finally marry me you’ll be my husband.”
Gwen huffs annoyed at how long it’s taking.
“But you still insist you have a lover but I don’t smell it-”
Toro palms her face and gently pushes it out of his personal space.
“Well I don’t anymore, but it’s kind of a bad time for me right now. I don’t want to fucking jump into a “marriage” the day after a relationship ended badly.”
Gwen nods her head with her claws tapping her chin.
“Oh thank god does she finally get it?” Toro sighs in relief.
“Very well. I’ll follow you until you’re ready then!”
Toro slams his face into the table. “No she doesn’t.”
Toro surrenders and moans into his desk.
“I don’t care anymore...I’m so worn out from being angry and now dealing with you...Just sit right there and don’t bother me.”
He puts his arms under his face and goes to sleep.

Gwen sits beside him throughout the lunch break staring at her husband as he sleeps peacefully.
“A strong warrior needs his rest so I wont disturb him.” She says to herself while blushing.
A female student passes by right as she gets an idea.
“Oi!”
Gwen glares at the girl and in panic the girl freezes in place.
“Y-yes?”
The girl shivers. Gwen hands the girl her phone.
“Take a picture of us and set it as the wallpaper. And you better make it good.”
“S-sure!”
The girl shakily pulls up the camera as Gwen quietly moves the desk over to where Toro is sleeping and lightly wraps his arm around her as she blushes brightly.
With a click, she finishes then sets the phone on Gwen’s commandeered desk and thanks her for her mercy before running off.
Gwen is being overwhelmed by Toro’s musk as she cuddles up to the warrior.
“I should probably stop here, he’ll be really angry if he wakes up-”
Before she can stop Toro tightens his grip around her and brings her closer as he sleeps. Toro’s face is now inches from her’s as they almost end up sharing the same chair. Gwen’s body is crawling as she’s surrounded by Toro’s energy, she’s about to pass out from happiness as he snores into her face.
Unable to control herself she inches herself closer to the snoring mouth of Toro, her lips pursed.
Suddenly the bell rings and students start shuffling through the class room causing Gwen to leap up and run off.
The sudden shift has Toro confused as he was aggressively woken up.
“EH?! Who did that?! Did somebody shove me!?”
He looks around confused as to who could have done it as most of the students are still keeping their distance.
“Guess it was just a dream.”
Toro sighs as he leans back in his seat.
Gwen is breathing heavily as she hugs the wall outside of the classroom, looking at the picture the girl took earlier.

“Imai!”
A fellow skipping youth waves to him as Toro walks the halls right as school’s about to end.
“Oh, hey Kenji, what’d you want?”
He nods as Kenji walks beside him.
“I heard about you finally dropping that chick of yours, we always knew she was bad news man.”
Toro’s eyes narrow.
“But to think you moved on with a new chick the next day. Well not like you had a choice I guess she is a Lizardman.”
“Eh? What are you on about?”
“Well you beat her didn’t you?”
Toro sighs.
“Oh Gwen, yeah I guess I beat her. She’s a girl so it’s nothing to brag about.”
Kenji rubs his head.
“No, beating a lizard man is a big thing to brag about. Nobody in this school other than maybe a couple of the third years could have taken her that’s for sure.”
“Oooh? That strong huh?”
He says monotonously in disinterest.
“Yeah that strong. Well, trouble with Lizardmen is they tend to fall in love with strong warriors who can protect them and their daughters, so good luck with that man.”
He slaps Toro on the back a few times.
“O-Oi! I already told her I’m not interested!”
Kenji laughs as he walks away.
“Yeah, yeah. That’s how it works. Good luck with the marriage Toro!”
“What was that!?”
Toro growls at the mocking delinquent walking away.
“Toro! Are you skipping too?”
Toro turns to the feminine voice behind him.
“Oh, hey Gwen. Yeah, why are you skipping?”
Gwen rubs her head.
“I’m not very good at all that writing stuff.”
She shows off her large lizard hands.
“I usually just walk around school and go to kendo club.”
Toro nods.
“Well have fun with that.”
He turns around and walks off.
“Wait, I’ll come with you!”
She runs up to walk beside him.
“It’s fine I’m probably just going to go home.”
He tries to shake her off but she insists.
“Let’s walk home together.”
Toro fumbles for an excuse but ends up crumbling and letting her walk with him.

“Hey Gwen.”
Toro says clearing his throat.
“Yes Toro?”
She says awaiting his declaration.
“Do you have to hang off of me like that?”
Toro looks down to where her arms are wrapped around his.
“Sorry you’re just warm, you don’t like it?”
She looks up at him blinking her lizard eyes.
“W-well...It’s not like I don’t like it...”
Toro gulps as he sees the only thing between his arm and her chest is just a layer of thick bandages.
“Besides I’m pretty sure you don’t normally take this way home, shouldn’t you have split off by now-”
“Come on don’t sweat the small stuff.”
She waves it away as she squeezes closer.
They walk together like this down the road getting the occasional glance, which Toro dissuades with a glare in return.
“Hey asshole!”
Toro turns his head at the sound of an impending fight, before turning his whole body, swinging Gwen with him.
“Well, well, well. If it isn’t the pussy who couldn’t throw OR take a punch.”
Toro laughs at the kid whose nose is wrapped in bandages.
“I figured you’d need facial reconstruction after that, but did they really have to use your ass as the transplant you ugly bastard?”
“Oi shutup you’re dead this time!”
He slams the pipe on the concrete wall beside him as a few guys come out of the alley behind him.
“We’re gunna fuck you and your girlfriend up for what you did to Tashi!”
One of the lackeys snickers.
“Oi let’s get one thing straight she’s not my girlfriend-”
“Yeah I’m his wife!”
Gwen chimes in gripping her sword.
“Godamnit...”
Toro pinches the bridge of his nose.
“I don’t care who the whore is you’re both dead!”
One of the hooligans shouts.
Toro’s eyes squint.
“Whore?”
He says in a low voice as he grabs Gwen and puts her behind his back.
“T-Toro!”
Gwen’s eyes sparkle as he tries to block her from them.
“I didn’t know your mother worked this late. She picking up some overtime?”
Toro takes a step forward to the four delinquents.
“Doesn’t matter, after I’m done with you asshole she’ll be working full time as a grieving mother.”
He slams his forehead into the delinquent's already broken nose.
“Gwen run!”
Toro says as he jumps into the battle swinging at anyone in his way.
They surround him and swing weapons at him at all sides, busting him in the side, head, leg, or arms. Occasionally Toro’s able to get a lucky punch or headbutt at one of his assailants, but he's too overwhelmed to fight back.
“Ora!”
One of the punks gets a sword to the back of his head and is knocked unconscious. When the other three delinquents turn to see what happened, Toro delivers a fatal uppercut to one of them, causing them to grab their jaw in agony as they roll around on the ground out of commission.
As the last two turn their attention to Toro and Gwen they’re easily beaten by the duo. Gwen’s sword hits the delinquent twelve times before finally smacking him over top the head and leaving him on the ground.
Toro lifts the guy by his collar and punches him repeatedly before tossing him into a dumpster in the alley they crawled out from.
With the fight is finally over fatigue takes Toro as he falls to a knee and holds his ribs.
“Bastards probably broke something with those pipes.”
He chuckles in between groans.
“So that’s how you were going to protect me? Getting beaten by four pipes while I ran?”
Gwen looked at him annoyed.
“That’s pretty lame, as sweet as it is. Don’t think just because you beat me I’m weak you got it?! I wont let anyone, not even my husband, look down on me!”
She has a slight hint of pink on her cheeks as she chastises the beaten down delinquent.
He laughs and nods his head.
“I’d never look down on you Gwen. And who the hell do you think you are using my first name?!”
Toro says with a smile.
She offers him her hand as she sheathes her sword.
“Your wife.”
He shakes his head and takes her hand.
“I guess.”
After he’s helped up, Toro wraps his arm around Gwen’s shoulder and pulls her in close.
“Don’t let it get to you, I’m just using you to help me walk.”
He says with his cheeks growing hot.
Gwen nestles herself into Toro’s embrace happy to have finally secured her husband.